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Not currently on display at the V&A

Card Game

mid 19th century (published)
Place of origin

Design: hand coloured etchings

Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 33 parts.

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  • Etchings
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  • Etchings
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Brief description
Set of cards for teaching children musical notation, published in England in the mid nineteenth century
Physical description
Design: hand coloured etchings
DimensionsSize: 3 5/8in x 2½in
Object history
Used to teach children musical notation.
Historical context
Rewards: n/a
Forfeits: n/a
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: 33 card, probably an incomplete set; each shows Punch and other characters or animals and is printed with a note of music and a doggerel verse.
Production
unknown
Collection
Accession number
E.346:1-1947

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Record createdMarch 4, 2000
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